Rahhiis. ^3 



SECTION XIII. 



Rabbits, 



Rabbit^ are animals proper to be al- 

 lowed in a wild state, in those countries 

 only w^here are extensive wastes, and 

 where corn and other farming productions 

 are not at a high price ; in populous and 

 highly-cultivated regions, they are a great 

 and wasteful nuisance, and proofs aj'e 

 before the public, only a few years old, 

 of nearly the whole produce of a farm be- 

 ing devoured by them, to the ruin of the 

 tenant. This farm was situated near ex- 

 tensive preserves ; but it is equally un- 

 fortunate for a farmer to be fixed near to, or 

 witliin some miles distance of a rabbit 

 warren, since they will travel to a great 



